Electoral wardE05004699
Berkhamsted West ward, Dacorum
Berkhamsted West is one of 25 electoral wards of Dacorum Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,537 residents in 2,568 households — 2,663 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency; for county elections it is in the Berkhamsted and Bridgewater divisions.
Residents, 20216,537council ward average 6,203
Households2,5682.55 residents per household
Density2,663/ km²about 2.45 km² · Dacorum 730
Aged 65+18.0%Dacorum: 17.4% · under 16: 23.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 426
5–97.7% · 505
10–159.4% · 616
16–194.0% · 262
20–243.5% · 226
25–348.1% · 528
35–4922.9% · 1,495
50–6419.9% · 1,303
65–749.6% · 629
75–845.6% · 367
85+2.7% · 178
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.3% · 316
1 car or van41.1% · 1,055
2 cars or vans33.7% · 865
3 or more13.0% · 334
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dacorum overall: 63.9% owned, 21.0% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright33.1% · 851
With mortgage36.6% · 940
Shared ownership0.9% · 24
Social rented20.9% · 537
Private rented8.3% · 214
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house36.1% · 926
Semi-detached house31.7% · 815
Terraced house13.2% · 340
Purpose-built flat18.0% · 462
Converted house0.5% · 12
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05004699- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Berkhamsted, Bridgewater
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 25
Parishes in the ward
Berkhamsted
Other wards in the same constituency
AAldbury and Wigginton22.9% aged 65+ · 78.9% owned2,406AAshridge27.1% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned2,696BBerkhamsted Castle22.6% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned6,106BBerkhamsted East16.9% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned6,138NNorthchurch27.9% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned2,836TTring Central18.4% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned5,386TTring East22.7% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned3,417TTring West and Rural20.6% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned5,177WWatling18.2% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned5,800
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.